Bottling apparatus.



PATENTED 00T. 11, 1904.

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BOTTLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. z, 190s.

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BOTTLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 2, 1903.

N0 MODEL. 3 SHEETS-SEBT 2 No. 772,195. PATENTE-"D OCT. 1l, 1904.

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, BOTTLING APPARATUS.

AP-PLIGATION FILED 0011.2, 1903.

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NITED. Y STATES Patented October 11, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO VOGEL, OF BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR 'TO EUGENE GOLDMAN,

i u OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,195, dated October 11, 1904.

Application iiled October 2, 1903. Serial No. 175,405. (No model.) l

To rif/ZZ whom, 7115 may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO'VOGEL, a subject of the King of Prussia, Emperor of Germany, residing at Berlin, Germany, have invented certain new and4 useful Improvements in or Relating to Bottling Apparatus, of-which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to bottle-filling'and similar apparatus, and refers more particulzrly to machines which operate automatica ly.

According to this invention, as hereinafter more fully described Awith reference to the accompanying drawings, the bottles are raised automatically and pressed against the iillingnozzle, whereV they are held during the lling operation, and after filling are rapidly conveyed to the delivery part of, the machine, where they are lowered or removed from the nozzle. Care is taken that the liquid which is iilled with the present machine by way of counter-pressure does not suer in' quality.

Referring to the 'accompanying drawings, Figure lis a sectional elevation of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Fig.

2 is a cross-section, to an enlarged scale, of the main valve. Fig. 3 is-a section in the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. Liis a diagrammatic View showing the means for conveying the bottles toward and away from the filling-nozzle. Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 are detail views of a modified construction of valve mechanism. v Fig. 9 is a sectional View of a tap-nozzle detached.

Referring more particularly 'to the construction illustrated in Figs. l to 4., the bottles Xare carried on resilient holders A, which are caused to travel round on a circular path B.Y Any appropriate number of holders may be employed, and in the example shown there are eight arranged at convenient intervals, and a corresponding number of taps or delivery-nozzles() are employed. The tapping apparatus is stationary and comprises a plugvalve D, provided with openings which as the various delivery-nozzles move round coincide with openings in the nozzles themselves, so thatthe ,liquid is delivered. The inclined path B is arranged stationary upon the frame E of the machine, and upon the hub Vcan be adjusted B' of the path rests a cross-piece F, provided with any convenient number of arms F. Each arm F terminates in a socket F2, which has an opening wherein is movably mounted a holder A for a bottle X. The holder A comprises a support A, on which the bottle rests and which is screw-threaded internally to engage with a screw A2, carried by a sliding plunger A3, so that the height of the bottle or the machine adapted to receive bottles of various sizes. TheI support A' is locked in any desired position by a hand- Y wheel a. The plunger A3 is disposed in a socket A4, which is free to slide in the holder F2, and between the en d of the plunger and the inner end of the opening in the holder is disposed a spring A5 or other resilient body. At the lower end of the cylindrical piece AL is carried a roller AG or the like, which restsupon the inclined surface B. Connected to the hub F by screws or in'any other convenient manner is a tubular support G, which carries at its upper end a hollow tap-casing H or the like, provided with passages coinciding with several passages in the stationary tapping-plug D, and connected to the casing H or formed in one with it are arms C', each of which carries at its outer end a tap-nozzle C. The plug D iits Within the casing H and is prevented from rotating conveniently by beingv connected to the frame of the machine or other stationary support by a tubular pillar E', which also serves as the axis for the cross-piece F. The plug D is connected on the one end with the source of supply for the liquid by a pipe D2, which passes down the center of the pillar E and is connected to the suppl y-pipe by a junction-piece D3. The pipe'D2 enters an opening d in the lower end of the plug D, and, on the other hand, communicates withV the counter-pressure receptacle J, which is arranged in the manner of an air-buder. From the counter-pressure receptacle J is a passage J', which terminates in a conduit D', leading to a recess or chamber D4 within the plug D. From the chamber D4c a passage D5 (see Fig. Q) leads to the` casing of the plug and terminates in an the plug'. The passage D is arranged at the height of and so disposed that it coincides with passages H', passing through the casing H and connected to the various filling-nozzles. As shown in Fig. 3, the passage DG in any position is in communication simultaneously with the majority of the filling-nozzles for the purpose hereinafter described. At a lower level in the casing H are arranged a number of passages H3, which communicatewith an annular passage D7, which is in communication with the chamber CZ and the pipe D2 by a cross-passage Ds. (See Figs. 2 and 3.) The plug C2 of each tap or filling nozzle C is provided with a wide bore to which a filling-nozzle proper, C3, is attached. Between the wide. boring and the nozzle is a narrow conduit c, which terminates in an angular boring 0,arranged above the wide boring. These two borings are arranged in the casing so that the wide bore terminates in the filling-arm C and the narrow bore leads into a conduit or pipe C2, that is in communication by a passage H with the annular passage DG in the plug D. Both these passages, therefore, are in connection with the casing H, which rotates around the stationary plug D. The cross-passages D5 and Ds are not situated in one plane, but above one another, so that during the counter-clockwise motion of the bottle-battery the passage D5 lies in front of the passage D8, whereby the bottles during their movement round the tapping apparatus are first connected with the chamber J `through the passages above mentioned and then with the supply pipe D2 through the other set of passages. Leading from the collecting-chamber D* and extending in a downward direction is a passage or conduit D, terminating in a recess D10 (see Figs. 2 and 3) in the body of the plug. The recess D10 is situated in the plug at the same level as the annular passage D7. Another passage, Du, (see Fig. 3,) is also situated in the plug-body and terminates in a recess situated at the height of the passage D7. The passage D11 leads to the atmosphere through an adjustingdisk H2, disposed upon the plug.

The bottles X are placed on their respec- 7 tive holders or carriers at the lowest point l of the path B and travel along the inclined part 7) (see Fig. et) until the bottle arrives at the highest position 2, in which it is pressed against its corresponding filling-nozzle C. The bottle then moves into another position, so that it is in communication with the counter-pressure conduit D7', whereby the fiuid in the chamber J passes into the bottle. At the same time the passage C5 in the arm C of the filling-nozzle is brought into communication with the passage D2, so that the liquid which fiowed through the passage C1 into the collecting-chamber D2 flows back from the latter int-o the bottle without whirling or foaming, owing to the counterpressure prevailing already in the bottle. Then the bottle moves through another portion of its travel, connection is made with thev passage D7, while the passage D is maintained in communication with the counter-pressure reservoir J, so that the filling operation up to a certain pointthat is to say, when the bottle reaches position 3, Fig. tis effected with the counter-pressure. The air driven from the bottle fiows through thepassage H into the passage D5 and finally into the chamber J. rI he length of the passage D7 is such that with a certain speed and counter-pressure and with suitably selected proportions of the cross-section at the' ends of the passage D7 the bottle is filled with safety at the point 3.

4(See Fig. 4.) Should, however, the bottle be filled before reaching this position, no reaction will infiuence the remaining bottles, as the liquid ascends through the conduit H and collects in the chamber D2, and is so available at the beginning of the filling of a fresh bottle. From the position 3 the bottle rapidly descends to the position l, at which it is removed. ln order to prevent long contact of the contents of the bottle with the air, the path B is provided with a sharp inclined part which extends from the position at which the filling is completed to the position where the bottle is removed. On the way from the filled position to its removal the relief of the pressure is effected through the passage DH.

rlhe counter-pressure reservoir J acts as a regulator and is weighted, preferably, with lead shots or the like deposited in a receptacle J7 and conveniently is provided with a pressure-gage J2, which communicates with the chamber Jl by a pipe J 2. The chamber J is provided at its lower end with a passage J 2, adapted-to slide in an out-er casing J 5, and should too much air pass from the bottle into the receptacle J the piston is raised and an opening J '7 uncovered, through which the eX- cess gas passes to the atmosphere.

As several bottles are being filled at the same time, care must be taken that the various passages are so arranged that the bottles are not dependent on each other; otherwise if the filling process goes wrong with one bottlewhich is a thing that can always happen-the filling of a whole series of bottles will be interfered with. The filling process is liable to go wrong now and then, chiefiy on account of the beer from one prematurely-filled bottle getting into the pressure-supply conduit, and as this pressure-conduit is in simultaneous communication with a whole series of bottles the supply of pressure to these bottles would not be eected in a correct manner. Care must also be taken that the pressure-conduit is not shut off from the other bottles being filled should one bottle get filled prematurely. Of course premature filling of bottles can only take place during the second half of the filling process, and it is therefore not necessary to shut off from each other bottles which are just IOO IIO

Walen-g5 beginning to vbe filled; but in the second half of the filling operation, which leads to complete filling, care must be taken that the bottles should be independent of each other, and

a modified construction of the filling-plug for eecting this will now be described.

The tap-plug K (see Fig. 5, which is a longitudinal section on line 5 5 of Fig. 6) consists of a hollow body divided by a partitionK into two chambers 7c and 74:'. The space le communicates, by means of a vslot K2, with thevp'assage U5 of the filling-arm, so that beer continually supplied by the beer-pipe to the chamber 76 enters the said passage and the bottle when the latter is in front of the slot K2, which extends over a large portion of the tap-surface. In order to strengthen the tap, itis provided with a bridge K5. (See Figs. 6 and 8.) Above the slot K2 there ison the surface of the tapplug the pressure ring conduit, lcommunicating with the pressure-conduit J by means of holes K4 in the tap-plug.- This pressure ring conduit consists in the example illustrated of` three sections-first, large section K5, Figs. 7 and 8, next a shorter section K5, which is arranged at a higher level than the section K5, and a third section K7, which is at the same level as the section K5. As will be seen,` the filling-arm (y arrives with its counter-pressure pipe Cit in front of the pressure-conduit K5 before been is admitted from the slot K2 to the beer-pipe C5 of the Alling-tap. The

beer therefore must enter against the pressure already existing. Then the bottle travels round the plug and at the end of the conduit K5 the filling-arm comes in front of the section K5, the passage from one to another taking place very quickly, owing to the alternate vertical position of the sections K5 and K5. In order that'there should be communication between J' and C4L in spite of the section K6 being at a higher level and in view of the holeI in the plug always remaining at the same level, the holes H' of the casing H are milled out at the top to form recesses i. The filling-arm continuing to travel arrives at the end of the filling period in front of the section K7, under the end of which terminatesthe beer-slot. rIhen the bottle, which is still held pressed against its filling-arm, comes with the latter in front of two holes, the 4upper one, K5, of which is on the same level on the vtap-plug as the pressure ring conduit, while the lower one, K, is on the same level as the beer-slot K2. Both horizontal holes go through the plug and merge at a point just in front of the beginning of the conduit r.

The filling with the tap-plug described is as follows: rIhe bottle after having been pressed against its filling-arm arrives, .together with the latter, in front of the mouth of the conduits K8 and K" and equa-lizes `its atmospheric pressure with the pressure of the full bottles passing in front of the beginning of the conduits. Beer rising from the full bottle, owingv to the pressure having been reduced through the nozzle C5 of the filling-arm, passes through the conduit K9 into the fresh bottle at the same time as the pressure is equalized. Then only that bottle passes in front of the pressurelconduit K5 and then in front ofthe beer-outlet K2 and is filled under pressure.

It is obvious that when a bottle standing in front of the section K has already been' filled, and consequently beer escapes from it upward, the bottles in front of the sections K5 and K7 will not be affected. The beer passes into the section I 5 and through a hole K10, Figs. 6 and 8, into the collecting-chamber 7u of the tap. From the said chamber branches off a conduit K11 toward the periphery of the tap-plug, as will be seen from Figs. 5 and G, in such manner that it merges at the level of the beer-hole K2, but between the mouth of the conduit K5 and the beginning of the beer-slot, Fig. 2. The beer. from the collecting-chamber J is therefore discharged into a new bottle, which, however, has already been placed under counter-pressure.

The conduit I 1 is arranged in front of the section Z and leads toward the chamber la, and it is advisable to arrange a similar conduit at the end of the conduit K5. In case-a small escape of beer upward takes place in front of the section K5 it can escape through that conduit. The conduit K7 must of course also be provided witha conduit leading to the chamber v. Thenumber of holes K4, by means of which the sections K5, K5, and K7 are placed under pressure, depends on practical requirements.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bottle-filling apparatus the combination with a plurality of continuously-rotating resilient bottle-holders, of a counter-pressure chamber automatically controlled in the movement of the holders, a stationary filling tap-plug communicating with the liquid-supply and with the counter-pressure chamber, a plurality of filling-nozzles, a casing rotating with the bottle-holders and carrying' the filling-nozzles, means whereby the filling-nozzles communicate through the stationary v*plug with the liquid-supply and with the counterpressure chamber, and means whereby the bottles are conveyed to and from the fillingnozzles at the proper time substantially as and for the purpose described. Y

Q. In a bottle-filling apparatus the combination with a plurality of continuously-rotating resilient bottle-holders, of a counter-pressure chamber automatically controlled in the movement of the holders, a plurality of fillingnozzles, a stationary fillingAtap-plug communicating with the liquid-supply and by two separate series of passages withthe fillingnozzles and also in communication .with the counter-pressure chamber, a casing rotating with the bottle-holders and carrying the filll- IOO IIO

ing-nozzles and means whereby the bottles are successively raised and lowered to and from the illing-nozzles substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a bottle-filling apparatus the combination with a plurality of continuously-rotating resilient bottle-holders, of a plurality of lilling-nozzles, a tap on each filling-nozzle, means connecting the lilling-nozzles and holders to rotate together, a stationary filling tapplug in communication with the liquid-supply, a Counter-pressure chamber, in communication with the filling-nozzles through the plug and automatically controlled in the movement of the holders, arms supporting the tilling-nozzles and having conduits establishing communication between the nozzles and the plug, a by-pass pipe between the filling-nozzles and the counter-pressure chamber, andy means for raising and lowering the bottles successively to and from the filling-nozzles substantially as described.

4. In a bottle-iilling apparatus the combination with a plurality of continuously-rotating resilient bottle-holders, of a plurality of iilling-nozzles, a casing rotating withthe bottle-holders and carrying the filling-nozzles and provided with passages communicating with the filling-nozzles, a counter-pressure chamber automatically controlled in the movement of the holders, a stationary filling tap-plug communicating with the liquid-supply, the counter-pressure chamber and the filling-nozzles by the passages in the revolving casing, an inclined circular path on which the bottleholders rest and are conveyed to and from the filling-nozzles successively and at the proper time substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a bottle-lilling apparatus the combination with a continuously-rotating carrier, of a plurality of holders slidingly mounted on the carrier, adjustable bottle-supports mounted in the holders, a resilient body disposed between thevholders and the carriers, an inclined circular path, casters on the holders adapted to run on the path, a plurality of filling-nozzles, a casing rotating with the bottle-holders and carrying the filling-nozzles and provided with passages communicating with the filling-nozzles, a counter-pressure chamber, and a stationary lilling tap-plug communicating with the liquid-supply, the counterpressure chamber and the filling-nozzles by the passages in the revolving casing, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. In a bottle-filling apparatus the combination with a continuously-rotating carrier, of a plurality of holders sliding'ly mounted in sockets in the carrier, pistons mounted in the holders, springs located between the pistons and the holders, bottle-supports carried by the pistons, means for adjusting the supports relatively to the pistons, an inclined circular path, casters on the holders adapted to run on the path, a plurality of filling-nozzles, a casing rotating with the bottle-holders and carrying the filling-nozzles and provided with passages communicating with the lilling-nozzles, a counter-pressure chamber, and a stationary filling tap-plug communicating with the liquid-supply, the counter-pressure chamber and the filling-nozzles by the passages in the revolving casing, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. In a bottle-filling apparatus the combi# nation with a continuously-rotating carrier, of a plurality of holders slidingly mounted in sockets in the carrier, pistons mounted in the holders, springs located between the pistons and the holders, bottle-supports carried by the pistons, an adjusting-screw for moving the supports relatively to the pistons, an inclined circular path, casters on the holders adapted to run on the path, a series of filling-nozzles corresponding in number to the bottle-supports, a casing rotating with the bottle-holders and carrying the filling-nozzles and provided with two series of passages communicating with separate passages in the fillingnozzles, a counter-pressure chamber, a stationary filling tap-plug communicating with the liquid-supply, the counter-pressure chamber and by two series of passages with the two series of passages in the revolving casing, and means connecting the rotating casing with the rotating carrier substantially asl and for the purpose described.

8. In a bottle-filling apparatus the combi- .nation with a continuously-rotating carrier of a plurality of holders slidingly mounted in sockets in the carrier, pistons mounted in the holders, springs located between the pistons and the holders, bottle-supports carried by the pistons, an adjusting-screw for moving the supports relatively to the pistons, an inclined circular path, casters on the holders adapted to run on the path, a series of lillingnozzles corresponding in number to the bottle-sup ports, a casing rotating with the bottleliolders and carrying the filling-nozzles, and provided with two series of passages communicatingwith separate passages in the fillingnozzles, a counter-pressure chamber, a stationary illing tap-plug communicating with the liquid-supply, the counter-pressure chamber and by two series 'of passages with the two series of passages in the revolving casing, and a separate tap on each filling-nozzle, substantially as and for the purpose described.

9. In a bottle-filling apparatus the combination with a continuously-rotating carrier of a plurality of holders slidingly mounted in sockets in the carrier, pistons mounted in the holders, springs located between the pistons and the holders, bottle-supports carried by the pistons, a screw-nut for moving the bottlesupports relatively to the pistons, an inclined circular path, casters on the holders adapted to run on the path, a series of filling-nozzles IOO corresponding with the number of bottle-supports, a tap on each filling-nozzle, a casing rotating with the bottle-holders and carrying the filling-nozzles, and provided with two series of passages communicating with separate conduits in the filling-nozzles, a counter-'pressure chamber, a hollow piston sliding in the cham'- ber, a pressure-gage and an escape-valve on the counter-pressure chamber, a stationary filling tap-plug communicating with the liquidsupply, the counter-pressure chamber and the filling-nozzles by separate passages inthe revolving casing and means for connecting the rotating casing with the bottle-holders fso that they rotate together substantially as and for the purpose described. I

10. In a bottle-filling apparatus the combination with a continuously-rotating carrier of a plurality of holders slidingly mounted in sockets in the carrier, pistons mounted in the holders, springs located between the pistons and the holders, bottle-supports carried by the pistons, means for adjusting the supports relatively to the pistons, an inclined circular path, casters on the holders adapted to run on the path, a plurality of filling-nozzles, a casing rotating with the bottle-holders and carrying the filling-nozzles and provided with passages communicating with the filling-nozzles, a tap on each fillingnozzle, a counter-pressure chamber, a hollow piston sliding in the chamber, a pressure-gage on the chamber, an escape-valve on the chamber, `a stationary fill'- ing tap-plug communicating with the liquid` supply and having a counter-pressure supplyconduit arranged above the liquid-conduit, the plug consisting of several sections arranged at alternate levels, each section being connected with the counter-pressure chamberso that when owing to a premature filling of one bottle the liquid from it is forced back into the counter-pressure chamber without interfering with the filling of the other bottles, substantially as described.

l1. In a bottle-filling apparatus the combination with a continuously-rotating carrier of a plurality of holders slidingl'y mounted in sockets in the carrier, pistons-mounted in the holders, springs located between the pistons and the holders, bottle-supports carried by the pistons, means for adjusting the supports relatively to the pistons, an inclined circular path, casters on the holders adaptedI to run on the path, a plurality of filling-nozzles, a casing rotating with the bottle-holders and carrying the filling nozzles and provided with passages communicating with the filling-nozzles, a tap on each fillingnozzle, a counter pressure chamber, a hollow piston sliding in the chamber, a pressure-gage on the chamber, an escapevalve on the chamber, a stationary filling tapplug having two conduits K$ and K9, the former Ks of which is arranged on the same level as the counter-pressure conduit K5 KG K7 and the latter K9 at the same level as the liquidsupply opening K2, the conduits K8 and Kg opening shortly after the closing of the supply and counter-pressure conduits and emerging just in front of the counter-pressure conduit K for the purpose of establishing communication between the filled bottles and the fresh empty ones for equalizing the pressure and for the purpose of conducting any liquid spurting out of the filled bottles into the empty bottles substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. i

- OTTO VOGEL. Witnesses:

WoLDEMAR HAUPT, HENRY HAsPER. 

